[ 7i ] 



X. it. 



First forming 06 per rope of 20 feet. 



Digging 8 load of stone ( 2 5 cwt. each) 2 o 



Wheeling or hailing, do. ... 3 a 



Breaking, do 3 o 



8 6 



Note, The expence of hailing must vary according to the dis- 

 tance of the tone. 



The inclosurc being now finished; buildings erected; pools 

 made, and public roads formed ; let us now take a survey of the 

 expence of cultivating these lands, under trj£ following heads ; 

 ploughing, manuring, cropping, and harvesting. In this I shall 

 endeavour to draw information from reason and experience, and 

 shew upon what grounds the practices are founded, so that my 

 readers may then take or refuse them, according to their own 

 judgments. 



I have before stated that the soil of Mendip Hills is a fine mel- 

 low mould, intermixed occasionally with less fertile ingredients, 

 such as stones, gravel, clay and the like, and according as these 

 are greater, or lesser in quantity, the soil is worse, or better. In 

 all cases the husbandman may distinguish the general nature of the 

 soil, by its aspect on the surface, or by the produce thereof. Where 

 the fern grows in great luxuriance, there he is sure to find deep, 



good land, but weak, low furze, rushes, or white grass, are symp- 

 toms of poverty. 



The object to which we now proceed in our disquisition may be 

 deemed the most important and interesting, being nothing less 

 than the process, by which this comparatively barren soil is con- 

 verted into fertile and productive land : and on a nearer inspec- 

 tion, it will probably be allowed, that few instances can be adduced 

 of attempts more successful to individuals, or more beneficial to 

 community. This soil does not pour forth its vegetable produc- 

 tions spontaneously, but its qualities and strength are such, as to 

 produce great returns, if properly cultivated and manured ; and 

 were an ancient inhabitant of these regions to return to life, he 

 would be at a loss to know the name of this apparently new 

 country. 



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